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This is always definable from within whatever application you are using. In Word processor programs for instance, you can define how many spaces each press of the Tab button will go. The default is normally five, unless it has been changed.
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∙ 10y ago
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∙ 11y agoIt depends. The space is a intercharacter gap which does not have the same amount of space as the equivalent characters, particularly in a proportionally sized font. The tab, on the other hand, is a variable sized gap that aligns with the "next tab stop", said stops being chosen by the typist as a function of what is being written. Typically, tabs are 0.5 inches apart, but they can be set and cleared at will.
A common error, particularly in older word processing software such as WordPerfect, which displayed spaces in a mono-spaced font, but printed them proportionally, is to use spaces when tabs should be used.
This situation is made even worse in modern text editors and IDEs used for programming. Both tend to display code in a fixed-space font, but as there is no definitive translation between spaces and tabs, hitting "Tab" will usually insert a number of spaces equal to whatever style template the text editor/IDE is set up to use. 2, 4, and 8 spaces are all commonly substituted (or displayed as equivalent) to a tab. This gets even worse, as many text editors/IDEs actually store the tab character in the file (rather than the indicated number of spaces), so, if viewed in another text editor/IDE with a different style, they are substituted for a different number of spaces, which causes all sorts of misalignments.
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∙ 6y agoOn average: 5.
Sometimes the setting can be fiddled with. Then it could be 14 or even 100!
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HOW MANY SPACES IN ONE TAB USING MS WORD?
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How many spaces is tab in word?
Typically it is five spaces, but if that does not look right and you have micro sof word 2007 its 15 spaces yeah I know that a lot of spaces but it works, so just go with 5 spaces people, understood five spaces
Number of spaces a paragraph is indented?
the answer is five. the tab button spaces and automatic five spaces for each paragraph
How many spaces when starting a paragraph?
If you are writing on the computer just use the tab button. If you are hand writing you should just use your thumb as a tab space button!
How many spaces are made after the writers name in a letter?
Depending on your computer say you have a windows or pc click the button "Tab" that'll help you.
What keyboard key takes 5 spaces every time you strike it?
Tab
What is tabkey?
Tab key is on the left hand side, 1 tab= 5 spaces
What key moves the cursor 5 spaces every time you strike it?
TAB button
Which term is used to define a space or tab in shell grammar?
Spaces and tabs are usually called "whitespace"
You want python program to find fibbonaci series?
The Fibonacci series is a sequence of numbers, with the first two defined as 0 and 1, and all following numbers defined as the sum of the two previous numbers. The following python program asks a user how many Fibonacci numbers they want calculated, then calculates them. NOTE: This site removes formatting from answers. Replace (tab) with a tab, or four spaces. #!/usr/bin/python print("This program finds Fibonacci numbers.") answer = "y" while answer == "y": (tab)print("How many terms would you like?") (tab)n = int(input(": ")) (tab)a = 0 (tab)b = 1 (tab)for i in range(0,n): (tab)(tab)print(str(a) +",") (tab)(tab)c = a + b (tab)(tab)a = b (tab)(tab)b = c (tab)print("Would you like to run again? (y/n)") (tab)answer = input(": ")
Which key will automatically move the cursor 5 spaces at a time?
No key does that. The Tab key generally moves 0.5 inches or 1.27 centimetres, but that could be changed to make it 5 spaces and it can be far more than that too. Doing an indent is similar.
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